Comparative genomics of human and non-human Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 121 strains.

The food-borne pathogen Listeria (L.) monocytogenes is able to survive for months and even years in food production environments. Strains belonging to sequence type (ST)121 are particularly found to be abundant and to persist in food and food production environments. To elucidate genetic determinant...

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Main Authors: Kathrin Rychli, Eva M Wagner, Luminita Ciolacu, Andreas Zaiser, Taurai Tasara, Martin Wagner, Stephan Schmitz-Esser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5417603?pdf=render